Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:13:17 -0700 From: Joseph Scott <joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu> To: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nice comments about FreeBSD Message-ID: <39C7E4FD.9892247B@owp.csus.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009191732150.22042-100000@peloton.runet.edu>
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Brett Taylor wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was digging around getting ready to install FreeBSD on our "it'll be > there RSN" new astronomical image processing computer. Many, if not most, > astronomers use the IRAF software > > (http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf-homepage.html) > > to do their image processing. There are FBSD builds available (which is > nice). In their README file you find the following comments (whether they > are absolutely correct or not is up to you, they're certainly > complimentary): > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > o FreeBSD [dist: fbsd arch: freebsd] > > Install and use the freebsd binaries. You might be able to run the linux > binaries in compatibility mode (FreeBSD can run some Linux binaries), but > currently FreeBSD does not support ELF. FreeBSD is arguably the most ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I believe the move to ELF was back in 3.x, they may wish to update this info. > solid, workstation class PC operating system currently available. Very > popular for servers. May be a better multiprocess system than Linux but > Linux may be a better single user system. More stable than Linux and > avoids the similar-but-different multiple distributions problem which > plagues Linux, but Linux is more popular and supports a wider range of > hardware and add-on software (although the difference is getting pretty > small). -- Joseph Scott joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu The Office Of Water Programs - CSU Sacramento To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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